Coming back from the date. Wasn't bad really, we had a vibe, still no lay though.
There were specific things I like about myself, mainly the fact that from the beginning I was fairly playful and not holding myself back, probably she also inspired me since she was laughing and having fun quite a lot. Still reserved with folded hands though.
We went at a bar first, and then we went for a walk in the rain. She told me int he beginning that she liked doing that, and I was thinking what to do after the bar so it was a good fit. What I liked during the walk is that I got some nice compliance. I can remember some pretty big in my eyes situations.
One was a small road that was private passing in front of the building, she wanted to go around, I just stopped there didn't follow her, told her to go from the private one, she came back and we did. Then we were debating whether a park was open on not, she was sure it was closed, I was sure it was open, so we went, it was open and I took her in. And last one, there is a big tower around the area that I didn't know of, we arrived in front of it, it was fully muddy with a small lake in the entrance, she wanted to leave, but I went and found an area with less water you could climb a bit, got in and invited her, so we went all the way up.
There she came to me with a talk of how she wants to be real and I look like 29 while she is 39, and that generally she has had young guys come up to her because she looks quite young and is very energetic, and then they usually leave. She also said she wants someone who knows what she wants and she doesn't want an one night thing. Anyway I was telling her I don't care about the age but the energy and I enjoy her, that I believe in living in the moment, and I cannot promise her we'll be together forever or anything, but I am having a good time and would love to spend more.
She told me that this can be some other time, if I am persistent maybe I can get her and stuff, and started going down. I stayed there, told her to come back, she cam up and a bit closer and I went towards her as well and went for a kiss which she resisted. I didn't know if I should go full manhandling here, I guess I could, but didn't feel it. I have done it once in fact, manhandle kissing a girl I knew that liked me and was resisting to go to a seduction location, and in the moment she did kiss back excitedly, but after the kiss stopped it was like the whole vibe broke down, and she wanted to leave even more and faster. So I am not sure if it is a good move in such a scenario.
Anyway I remained pretty cool, we kept walking, nothing too crazy happening, I tried to have her talk about her previous experiences with guys, but she wasn't giving me much, and was changing the topics. I was generally hugging her, pushing her away sometimes, touching her hair or her hat ( yes she was wearing a hat under the umbrella with heavy rain ). So at least I think I didn't show any signs of disappointment that she didn't want to come to my place and continue the night.
She was asking me how many girls respond to me, even told me she was once approached by a guy that told her he is a dating coach, so I think she was really feeling I am just practicing and do it all the time. I was trying to show her sincere appreciation and tease her a bit as well. Towards the end as we arrived at our homes, we live literally in opposite buildings, she was saying how I'll have the time to think about the situation and the age difference now, and she as well, I told her the tea offer is still open, as we were joking of meeting for tea like good neighbors, but she said another time and we parted ways.
That's a small summary, this girl clearly had experiences of sleeping with men fast, she even told me that, but she was also probably in the mood of I am not doing that anymore. And the thing is I meet a number of older women, and most of them have this vibe of: You are so younger...ah me at your age... but now I want someone who knows what he wants, and not looking only for a night. And I can't really crack it, which I don't know if it should tell me I am just not exciting enough sexually, or I don't connect with them well enough.
At least the energy was good though, wasn't just a boring talk of some time in the bar, we had fun going around in the rain and climbing the towers, so I enjoyed it, and was quite spontaneous myself, also managing to get her to follow, which I liked.
In other news, since I did make a whole post about it, the 4 numbers from Saturday seem to be dead. The first told me she is very busy these days, and left my next message on read. The second, after telling me she has a complicated schedule for these two weeks, chatted with me for a bit, and then we came to a natural close in the conversation I'd say. This one I may come back to after a week or so, because I do feel she would enjoy meeting me, not sure how much she would make time from other things though. The third one never responded to my text for a meet and draw, telling her I want my full beauty captured, no discounts. The fourth one never responded to my text telling her it sucks, and asking what's her vibe, more of a homebody?
So this is the reality of how things usually go even after seemingly ok approaches. Won't say that any of them was super seductive, but my experience has shown me that even out of solid ones very few will even keep in touch enough to plan a meet. And this bugs me a bit, I don't know if it something about how I do my approaches, but it feels that if the girl is immediately very excited yes she will come, but if she is not, a good approach is not enough for her to care to follow through. It's like they could have this easily elsewhere, why bother. And I don't know what to do exactly to make the approaches much more powerful. I know that high energy and even more playfulness is not the answer, they just reach a high during the approach and then they fall back down. It feels like there is some general vibe, something about the way I come off that makes them go: It was nice, he seemed cool, but not the oh god I shouldn't lose the chance to meet him cool, but more the ah he is a solid guy but not gonna miss much by not meeting him cool.
And this of course if I do come off cool, I still have approaches that my vibe can be worse. For example I opened a girl today, that I suddenly realised was waiting behind me in the line for coffee when I ended paying. Very pretty and tall blonde spanish girl. The issues is I think I rushed a lot through the whole thing, because she had to order, and I felt I have to communicate fast before we both have to leave for our jobs. I guess it showed overeagerness, but honestly, not sure if I opened more slowly, that we would have time to even exchange the basics. Maybe it's better to be more grounded and slow and create a good first impression, than trying to rush through the stages of the interaction in a minute or two to go for a to get into a close that makes sense. Surely tricky, as other times as I've said by not being faster I've lost girls getting into their trains.
To conclude it is surely not very nice when you approach and go out again and again but it feels like there is some invisible barrier between you and women giving themselves to you sexually, that you are pushing against hard, but seem to only be poking some holes from time to time. And I was reading an article on the site lately about a lot pickup guys not being cool, doing it only for the identity, and I know I don't care about being consider a pick up guy, or even a seducer. I just want to be getting the girls I want, and I feel this approach is the best one towards that, because I really want the girls to like me for my sexual masculine energy. What I probably do care about is being seen as someone who takes action and works for it, I never liked people telling me I slack off, but maybe I should find a way to focus more on caring about how to win specifically. I think I have an attitude that the only think you can control is the effort you put in, but clearly some people are more effective than others, so maybe I should find ways to focus on the things that really make the difference in seduction.
At some point I suppose taking action and doing the approaches is one such thing, but I feel I am well past that, and I should really find what I should just about my presentation and the way I communicate that would have the biggest impact. I suppose that if I knew I should do 2-3 specific things first, I could drill on them to get them handled and then focus elsewhere. I'll see what I can find regarding that.
Oh and something random. I have a friend, that about half a year ago was telling me how he is not so sure about his relationship, and that he feels like he is not totally allowed to be himself with this girl. Well, he sent a picture in a group chat yesterday of him proposing to her. I have some doubts for the girl, mostly a feeling, although I have seen her go really hard at him for just losing an intersection when I was in the car with them. Her family did feel warm when I briefly met them though. And anyway, I don't want to be making bad thoughts, it's simply that he was always about matching well with a girl humour wise and being able to have fun with her, but it seems that he wasn't getting that from what he had told me. So I hope he has really thought this through and it's not just because the girl is fairly hot and he was trying to get with her for quite a while. He is a really good guy, so I truly wish him to be happy.